Shrubs and Trees 
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SCHIZONOTUS discolor (Spiraea discolor, S. aria’folia). 
Shrub 20 feet high, with creamy white flowers. 
Medium-sized plants, 25 cts. each. 
SORBARIA Lindleyana (Spircea Lindleyana). Native 
to the Himalayas, 4 to 8 feet high. Large ter¬ 
minal panicles of white flowers. This species 
kills back, but comes up each year from the root 
and makes a flue showing. Strong plants, 35 
cts. each. 
S. sorbifolia (Spiraea sorbifolia). Flowers white, 
in panicles. July to August. Grows 3 to G feet 
high, and is a native of Siberia. 2-foot plants, 
25 cts. each. 
SORBUS melanocarpa. Chokeberry. A medium¬ 
sized shrub, with small, shining leaves, hand¬ 
some^ tinted in autumn. Flowers pretty, 
white, followed by black fruit. 20 cts. each, 
$1.25 per doz. 
S. Aucuparia. European Mountain Ash. Five 
to 7 feet, 50 cts. each. 
SPIRAEA. Meadow Sweet. 
S. callosa [=Japonica, or alba?]. 20 cts. each, 
$1.50 per doz. 
S. —, var. superba. More showy than the pre¬ 
ceding, with pale pink flowers. 20 cts. each, 
$1.50 per doz. 
S. Bumalda, var. Anthony Waterer. 20 cts. each. 
S. lindleyana. See Sorbaria. 
S. opulifolia. Ninebark. See Physocarpus. 
S. prunifolia, var. flore pleno. Two to 3 feet. 25c. ea. 
Spiraea superba. Low shrub; flowers large, pink. 
June and July. 15 cts. each, $1.30 per doz. 
S. Thunbergii. One of the handsomest. Branching, 
with many delicate white flowers; the handsome 
foliage turns in autumn to a reddish yellow tint. 
1 to 2 feet, 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz.; 2 to 3 
feet, 35 cts. each. 
S. trilobata. A very charming species, more dwarf 
and spreading in habit than S. Vanhouttei , with 
somewhat similar white flowers, coming into 
bloom a little later. 25 cts. each. 
S. Vanhouttei. A beautiful hardy shrub, with a 
profusion of white flowers in June. 20 cts. each, 
$1.30 per doz. 
STAPHYLEA pinnata. European Bladder Nut. 
Plants 2 feet high, 20 cts. each. 
S. trifolia. Bladder Nut. 20 cts. each. 
SYMPHORICARPOS racemosus. White Snowberry. 
Good plants, 18 to 24 inches, 25 cts. each. 
S. —, var. pauciflorus. Snowberry. This little 
shrub is valuable for planting on dry banks and 
bluffs. It does finely almost anywhere. 20c. ea. 
S. vulgaris. Indian Currant, or Coral Berry. 
Flowers tinged with rose, in short, axillary 
clusters. Stocky plants, 25 cts. each. 
S. variegatus. Plants 12 to 15 inches high, 25 cts. 
each. 
SYRINGA Chinensis. Two-foot plants, 25 cts. each. 
S. Japonica. Four years old, 20 cts. each. 
S. Josikaea. Late-blooming; has bluish purple 
fragrant flowers. All the Lilacs are handsome. 
25 cts. each. 
Spiraea Anthony Waterer. 
